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Any political sim game junkies out there? Commander in Chief announced for US release
XiaNaphryz
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Saw this tidbit a few days ago. The game models every country in the world with over 400 values each. I'm all in favor for more political sim games!
Main homepage
Game trailer on Youtube
Direct download of trailer from game home page
Holy shit does the game cover a ton of stuff, including weather simulation and other environmental factors.
WARNING! Large res screenshot attack!
Spoilering all of it so it doesn't clutter the post.
Official Release:
IGS (Interactive Gaming Software), a privately funded interactive entertainment publisher, today announced it will release a unique geo-political simulator game titled Commander In Chief. The game, which gives you the opportunity to become a head of state or government and make decisions on its behalf, is currently slated for retail release in the U.S. in Q2 2008 and will be available for $39.99. Published by IGS, Commander In Chief offers a true, realistic, and entertaining simulation of running a country’s government and taking part in economic, military, political, social, cultural, and foreign affairs.
In Commander In Chief, every country in the world is represented with its own unique data of over 400 key values (geographic, climatic, demographic, budgetary, environmental, etc.). Players are able to select the country of their choice and take on the role of the government’s leader. As the country’s leader, the players have a number of actions at their disposal. First, the player has to select a cabinet to oversee individual government services. In addition to specific decisions (changing tax rates, firing a minister, etc.), the player can also negotiate with labor groups, sign business or military contracts with partner countries, and participate in decision-making at international organizations. The game offers single player mode and a multiplayer 'Wargame' mode.
Titled 'Mission President' in the French market, the game has already received the top ranking with GFK (an institute that surveys and collects sales on the French PC and console market) and was the best selling title in FNAC stores (the leading chain store for multimedia products in France). Currently, there are over 229 countries and territories represented within the 3D World Map, and more than 50 international organizations including the UN, NATO, OPEC, NAFTA, and the Arab League.
Main homepage
Game trailer on Youtube
Direct download of trailer from game home page
Holy shit does the game cover a ton of stuff, including weather simulation and other environmental factors.
In G.P.S., the player plays the role of the head of State or government (president, monarch, prime minister …) of a country he has selected at the beginning of the game, and may intervene in all the following fields: the economy, social issues, the military, the Home Office and the Foreign Office, ecology, culture, etc.
Every country in the world is featured along with its characteristics and own specificities.
Three game modes are offered to the player:
-“Free mode”: the player's objective is to remain in power as long as possible and to further his influence throughout the world.
- "Scenario" and "missions" modes: these offer different game contexts featuring various issues: new elections, environmental issues, army invasions...
- "Wargame" mode: several players (up to 16) confront one another online in the course of military campaigns taking place in real time. This mode is also available in solo gaming.
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3D WORLD MAP
It is used to make an inventory of a great number of points :
- mountainous landscapes
- all state frontiers and territorial waters
- division of countries into over 1200 regions
- over 1500 towns
- over 1000 bases (land forces, air force, navy, satellite launch sites, communications centres)
- over 300 nuclear power plants, oil wells and gas fields
- over 130 mountain peaks and volcanos
- over 100 historical and cultural locations
WEATHER ENGINE
This engine uses the planet’s season charts and climate estimates for the 21st century in order to simulate the weather map.
ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH ENGINE
Coupled with the weather engine, it is able to simulate a great number of natural disasters, more specifically:
- global warming
- droughts and heatwaves
- floods
- cold spells
- volcanic eruptions (locating of and risks assessment of major volcanos)
- earthquakes and tsunamis (locating of and risks assessment of major fault lines)
- hurricanes and cyclones (locating of the paths and risks assessment of major hurricanes)
- epidemics (assessment of the factors causing and aggravating cholera, the plague and the Ebola virus)
- nuclear accidents (locating of and decrepitude check of nuclear power plants around the world)
- forest fires (locating of risk areas)
- oil slicks (locating of risk areas)
COUNTRIES AND THEIR VARIABLE CHARACTERISTICS
230 countries or territories acknowledged by UNO are featured in the game, with approximately 170 playable nations. Each country features over 400 specific characteristics on different issues, notably :
- Geographic and climatic data: surface area, type of climate, rainfall, main geographical risks, forested area...
- Demographic data: age pyramid, contraception, life expectancy, migratory movements...
- Economic data: GDP, per capita income, unemployment, growth, inflation, HDI...
- Economic activity: production and consumption of over 100 sectors in the field of agriculture (stock breeding details, the fruit and vegetable trade, the drinks trade, the grain trade), in the field of industry (different ores, processing industries, the chemical industry, car manufacturing...) and services (telecommunications, transport, advertising, the record industry...).
- Energy data: distribution and reserves for different sources, oil, gas, nuclear, hydro-electricity, alternative energies...
- Trade data: main partners, balance of payments, tourism...
- Budget: Numbers and expenditure of the different State budget departments
- The tax system: list of numerous taxes (VAT, income tax, wealth tax, petroleum industry tax, alcoholic beverages tax...)
- Monetary data: interest rates, stock markets, currency...
- Social Issues / Employment / Health: minimum wages, child benefits, medical care reimbursement, minimum income for the elderly, unemployment benefits, working hours, housing benefits...
- Education: illiteracy, staff and salaries, duration of school holidays, level of research...
- Government: type of regime, MPs’ term of office, election functioning, powers of Parliament...
- Politics: party in power, complete list of all political parties with their inclination, formation of Parliament, positioning on major international issues, membership of major international organizations...
- Police / Justice: crime rate, police force and secret services staff and powers, prisons, death penalty, road safety measures...
- Terrorism: list of terrorist groups with evaluation of their impact
- Sects: list of different sects with estimate of their numbers
- Military data: numbers, detailed information on weaponry, including nuclear, arms production, military service, location and potential of each base...
- Religious data: distribution and role of the different religions
- Environmental data: Co2 emissions, Kyoto protocol, different means of transport...
- Culture : national holiday, major cultural festivals, international museums, film production, Internet implementation...
- Sports: results and rankings in all major competitions, level assessment of each sport
PERSONALITY BASE
With nearly 300 personalities for each country (50.000 for the world) and about twenty personal variables for each personality (age, political leaning, religion, popularity, charisma, loyalty to head of state, etc.). This base is associated with a kit for creating photos adapted to the different races and a kit for creating names in thirty different languages.
This base includes: head of state's close friends and family, ministers, politicians from all camps, military leaders, labour and religious representatives, representatives from foreign communities, leaders of associations and humanitarian organisations, gurus of influential sects, leaders of terrorist movements, scientists, researchers, literary personalities, artists (singers, actors, models, journalists, etc.), sporting personalities, oldest citizen...
INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS
Over 150 economic sectors are featured along with their production and consumption rules (costs, raw materials, transport costs, workforce qualification, productivity...). Also included are over 100 scientific discoveries and technological advances imagined for the next 50 years to come (aids vaccine, anti-sleep molecule digital paper, optical textiles, nanorobots, holographic TV...).
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Spoilering all of it so it doesn't clutter the post.
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I figure I'd spend most of my initial time trying to see if I can trigger WWIII using various countries.
OH CRAP PLAGUE IN IMBAMASTAN 30 MILLION DONATION NOW GET THAT SHIT OUT!!!!!
God this game is so bought.
Just by looking at those spoilered screens.
Well sure - a volcano is localized but plagues might spread.
I'll buy the spanish version if it comes out first. We can have a [Juguemos] Commandante sin Limites
That's the first thing I thought of too. But I'd make some obscure country like Canada start it with the Danish, or have the Falklands War II: Get the Falk off my Island
Also, does anyone know if this game is objective in the consequences of your policies? I don't want some shit like "You reject Kyoto treaty, oh noes global warming Jake Gyllenhaal was right!" and "National helathcare passed, people live to be 300!"
It will be bought, though.
Eh? You don't want there to be any linkage between CO2 emissions and global warming, or people's access to healthcare and their lifespans?
I don't want it to be an absolute certainty in the game. I want it to be a culmination of multiple factors to give the result.
There's not a lot out there...there's some really older titles like Shadow President that you might find on abandonware sites. Recent attempts like Super Power aren't worth the effort.
I thought it was just cause, you know, france.
I love Shadow President to death, even though I didn't discover it until something in the area of a decade after its release. This is such great news. And holy shit, Q2 2008?!
It's already been out in France for quite a while, so beyond integrating any patch issues into the full version I would expect the bulk of the work to be localization. Hoping we get to see a demo!
I would think a year is enough time to roll-in fixes while simultaneously working on localization.
I'm sure a game of this ambition will have plenty of bugs, particularly if it's a relatively small dev studio. Here's hoping the US release is cleaned up a bit.